Heraldry: Arms of Monson impaling Watson contained within the badge of the Order of the Bath, for John, 1st Baron Watson KB (c.1693-1748), who married in 1725 Lady Margaret Watson, daughter of Lewis, 1st Earl of Rockingham.

The distinctive feet and handles of these sauceboats are one of the most intriguing motifs in English rococo silver. They first appear in around 1719 on a series of cream jugs, most unmarked but some bearing the mark of David Willaume I. By 1730, the design had been adopted by Paul de Lamerie. Its ultimate source, however, was Utrecht goldsmith, Adam van Vianen (c.1568-1627) whose son, Christian, published some of his designs whilst working in London in about 1650.